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Recognised as Colour

#8CCBCF

  • #8CCBCF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Powder blue

#8CCBCF is a cyan with RGB values 140, 203, 207 and HSL 184°, 41%, 68%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#8CCBCF#8CCBCF
HEX#8CCBCF
RGBrgb(140, 203, 207)
RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.7961, 0.8118
RGB percentages54.9%, 79.6%, 81.2%
HSLhsl(183.6, 41.1%, 68%)
HSV / HSBhsv(183.6, 32.4%, 81.2%)
CMYK32.4%, 1.9%, 0%, 18.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,227,215
CSS custom property--colour: #8CCBCF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52792WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness186.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.56:1
Contrast with white1.82:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.56:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BEBEBE
Inverted#733430

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C2C5CFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#B6BCCFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.8 from the original
Tritanopia#73D0CCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.82:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.56:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 9.7Light blue · ΔE 10.6Pale turquoise · ΔE 12.5Sky blue · ΔE 13.6Cadetblue · ΔE 16.6Medium turquoise · ΔE 18.4
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 9.71, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CF908C
Analogous#8CCFB2, #8CAACF
Triadic#CF8CCB, #CBCF8C
Split complementary#CF8CAA, #CFB28C
Tetradic#B28CCF, #CF908C, #AACF8C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F8FCFC
Lighter +20%#D4ECED
Lighter +10%#B0DBDE
Darker −10%#68BBC0
Darker −20%#48A7AD
Darker −30%#398489
Darker −40%#2A6165
More saturated +25%#78DDE3
Less saturated −25%#A0B9BB

Channel breakdown

R140
G203
B207
Red140 (54.9%)
Green203 (79.6%)
Blue207 (81.2%)
Hue183.58°
Saturation (HSL)41.1%
Lightness68.04%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8C · G CB · B CF

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